The rapper recently said he wanted to pen a philosophy book called Break The Simulation.

On Wednesday he posted a series of tweets sharing his musings on life, the internet and originality and told his 7.44 million followers his messages were part of the book.

"No publisher or publicist will tell me what to put where or how many pages to write," he said.

"This is not a financial opportunity, this is an innate need to be expressive."

West, father of three children with wife Kim Kardashian West, started with a post advising people not to "hop right on the phone or the internet or even speak to anyone for even up to an hour if possible" after getting up.